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QUIT BF M'CORMICK
IS CREATED AT LAST
ELECTION YESTERDAY WAS
OVERWHELMINGLY IN
FAVOR IDEA
THE RESULTS
New County Will Be Formed of
Portions Edgefield, Abbe
! ville. Greenwood,
(From Wednesday's Daily.)
. Voting yesterday on the question of
forming a new county out of portions
Of Greenwood, Abbeville and Edgefield
Counties, with McCormick as the seat,
residents of the sections affected de-1
cided by an overwhelming majority to
have the new county, tho name of j
which will be McCormick. Results of
the election were received in this city
early in the afternoon. -
The number of votes cast in favor
of the proposition were 619, whllo
only 97 people voted against the for
mation of the county. It could not be
learned last night how the vote stood
on the question of a name for the new
division, but the election went in favor
of McCormick as a name for the baby
county of the State.
, The vote on the proposition of form
ing a new county stood as follows in
the three counties which will glvo a
Sirtion of their territory toward thel
rmation of tho new one: Ed go field,
193 for and 23 against; Abbeville, 375
for and 61 against; Greenwood, 61 for
a&d 13 against.
There were two voting precincts in
Edgefield County, one being at Plum
Branch and the other at Modoc. In j
Abbeville there were voting precincts'
at the following places: McCormick,'
Bordeaux, Willlngto'n, Mount Carmel,
CS;t Weather, CrosB Roads and
Young's school house. In Greenwood
there was but one voting precinct, this
b?ing at Lyons.
Tho names proposed for the new
county were: McDume, Gary, McCor
mick and Bordeaux.
On the question of McCormick be- <
lhg chosen the county seat of the new*
county, there-were 179 votes for the
Selection of this place and one against
the proposition.
-The new county has an area of
405-1-2 square mileB.
This is regarded as a glorious vic
tory alter waiting ten years since the
first election, when also by an over
whelming vote the'election for the
new county was carried but, l?s*/'on"
aCcount Of a very slight error In the
matter 6? territory due to a Blight in
accuracy in the survey.. The territory
this time has been 'mo?i accurately
sUrvoyed add the people'of this terri
tory now* lotie lonfldently to the genT
eral assembly for the formation'1 for
tholr much' ueeded and cherishod hew
county. The. fight has been large,
hard, and tetflo??. but everybody feels
fully repaid for tho part that. he.con
tributed, towards ; this., overwhelming
victory and th?'ultimate attainment of
theformation of this new county.
'AtlMONY/NON TAXABLE'/
Supreme Court Bales That Alimony
Is Not an Income. As far as Taxa
atlon Is Concerned.
NEW YORK, Dec., 29.?-Alimony Is
not Income in the sense of the fed
eral income tax law, according to a
decision today by Supreme Court Jus
tice Hendricks denying Howard
Gould's application to have vacated
a judgment obtained against him re
cently by Mrs. Katherine C. Gould
for the amount deducted by him from
payments of. alimony to make up her
share of the Gould income tax.
Justice Hendricks held that alimony
was, a form oi paymcut prescribed by
' the court to support a wife from whom
a msp. Is - legally separated and .that
the person who rc??fves it iB hot-sub
jectto tax.' . - ,
INVESTIGATION IS MADE*
A Small Crowd Lynched Aged Negro
; ..?' - . Louisiana.
SHREVKPORIV. Uuv Dec; 29.--Not
more than' 15 persons took, an active
part jw the lynching of Watklns Lew
is", the aged negro who was taken
from the parish Jail here December 11
by a mob and burned to - death, ac
cording to witnesses today before the
publie inquiry being conducted by At
torney General Pleasant- Several
Shreveport busniess men admitted to
day that they, witnessed the lynching,
but testified that they were merely
spectatora and declared that they did
not recognise any of the men who
had tho negro In charge.
: The attorney general is Investigat
ing several,recent lynchlcga In Caddo
perish at the direction of Governor
Hall. . ,' '. .. '
GEtoN^?SS gEAVY.
Week" of FlftVtJngr Said to'; be' Whole- I
sale Slan&ator,, ..
LONDON, 1?SC- 80?(2:69 a. nh)
Tbe main, f? iure of the past two
wt?k?\ t^i^4s.^ ,Tp\?n?i a^pordln?
'.to a PctrogTi? dlopatcb to the Post,
bsS been G/rmany'S appalling losses,
"Fcr a. (r/tnighV* says the dispatch,
-there ha'/ been no Test, no tnterpals
siom bu/. one hideous nightmare of
wW>lesa^s;sla?iihter. Which haas?rain
ed tb> nerves of the moat hardened
r?^p?. Tb? German ware poured up
on the rock of Ruselaa defense mjk
ceaseless sequence of attacks, The
rook Btlll stands, Btthought an eighth
0? the total German torce has perisn
; ed: .. ' :/
rvh* eonditlo? of the Austrians is
Still more bopeTess and their retlre
ntfat from the -passes Is acquiring the
character el a nasty and disordered
?OthV? "; i : '
WILL R?G1STEB VITAL
STATISTICS 1H STATE
FULL PARTICULARS OF
EVERY DEATH AND BIRTH
MUST BE GIVEN
UNDER NEW LAW
Registrars Have Been Appointed!
in Each County for. the Pur
pose Named.
(From Wednesday's Dally).
Beginning January 1, f?ll particu
lars of every death and birth In South
Carolina must be registered with the
recently appointed registrars under
the vital statistics law. Under this
law, no- burial or removal of a body
will be permitted without a permit
issued by one of the many registrars
who have been appointed In every
county in the State by the secretary
of the State board of health.
The certificate of death which must
'be made to the registrar for a perma
nent State record is to include the
full name, sex, color, conjugal rela
tion, date of birth, age, occupation,
birthplace, name of father, maiden
name of mother, birthplace of mother,
name and address of information,
date of death,' statement of attending
physicians, place of burial, signature I
of undertaker and minor details. A |
full statement, along somewhat simi
lar lines, is required for every birth..
These certificates are to become
permanent State records. On the 10th j
of each month, the local registrars
are required to transmit to the secre
tary of tho State board of health, who
Is State registrar, all original certi
ficates registered by htm during the ,
yrocedlng month, and under the law; |
he is to receive the sum of 25 cents
for each certificate so turned in.
in addition to turning Uie original
certificates in to the State registrar,
the local registrars are required to ]
mako copies of all certificates,' in rec
ord books furnished them by the State
registrar, and this record book is to
be turned over to the county clerk of
court at the end of each year as a
permanent record.
The State registrar is required to
serve all the original certificates in a
arrange, bind and permanently pre- !
comprehensive and continuous card
index of all births and deaths reg- j
I stored. {
Under the new law, it becomes a
misdemeanor to bury or remove a
body without having a burial permit
Issued by the registrar. Before is-|
suing the burial permit,, the registrar j
is required to examine carefully the
death certificate as filled out. and tr ]
satisfy himself as to 'any suspicion of
foul play, and to request an investi
gation by the coroner, should Ik'
deem this .necessary. - .
Copies of the '.law, ' Including, .regu
lations of the State board of health
which bhve been > promulgated;.jela->.
bave been: distributed..to';.tho .several
registrars. .'
PLEASED vFITH VETCH.
Group of Anderson County Growers ]
Made Experiment.
When A. C. Smith, the United States
farm management expert, who Is
known favorably all over this country,
came to South Carolina to be asso
ciated with Commissioner Watson in
the developing of the latent farm re
sources of the State, he started s
colony of vetch planters In West P?t
zer, Anderson County. John Frank.
C. C. Hind m an and others who plant
ed according to Instructions and kept
up their Interest, have reaped abun
dantly. They have made heavy crops
of vetch and oats hay, In addition to
improving the soli to an extent that
can not be estimated. **' < '
In reply to a letter from Commis
sioner Watson. C. C. Hindman writes
"In the planting of-vetchi I have
met with what I consider a success., I
started planting vetch la 1910, with
a pic* or one here. This year, 10H,
1'planted ?00 acr?s or more, and' wilt ,
go' even, stronger* next year. I -.find[
that it. Will increase, the yield of bats,
when sown with oats, at least 5". per
aCVe. ,
: "When. planted as ? cover Crop. I
think, that - there is nothing Uiat .will
?qual it: It draws the nitrogen from
the air-and stores It In the ground-Iii
nodules;-whence it is given off to suc
ceeding crops. It Is doing'this, at a
time of year when no other crop is
growing. This: Is In my estimation of
great value to our. Southern farmers."
?The State.
The Traveler'? Companion
sir. Arthur I*
Pierce, 2618 Sher
idan AveV Stl
i Louis, Ma; vrrne;
curative value of
Peruna is truly
wonderful. I think
,tV,ejspec.Uily val
uable as a spcaffo
for catarrh of tho
-system, and for a
man who has trav
eled for yeara 4s
. 1 have and who Is
certainly exposed
1 to Irregular meals
I, and uncoaifortable
steeping accornrao
aaxtons, Peruna ts
one of hi? best
and most needed
travolln* com pan
Itfasj- If throws
oft ~> disease and
: keeps him w#n, %1 .
therefore heartily recommend It."
These
cine, csn o^ a>ree?rprp>rwia Tab
i?U, : . '
PBOTE?T TO ENGLAND i
WILL GET GOOD RESULTS !
(CONTINUED PROM PAOE ONE.)
has restrained many American export
ers, who fear risks involved in ship
ments.
With respect to cotton shipments, '
the case of one or two illegitimate
cargoes, it is recognized, has caused
the British government to suspect all
shipments.
The United States has no evidence
that there has been contraband con
cealed In cotton cargoes, but England
has mi ?Je two specific complaints and
the American government has issued a
warning that one fraudulent shipment
mW produce embarrassment to car
goes generally.
Secretary Bryan declined to give
|any details of the note today. He de
scribed it as a general statement
! summarizing the American position in
several specific cases. Neutral diplo
mats were not given a copy of it, but
were informed that the first newspa
per report of it was accurate. They
I were told that the state department
still regarded the note as confidential.
The general points of which the
note complains and which have been
the basis of several specific protests
hitherto are substantially as follows: I
1. American cargoes have been
searched on the high seas?a belliger
ent right that is not denied?but the
ships also have been diverted to ports
for further examination, a circum
stance held not Justified under inter
national law unless full proof of hos
tile destination in presented at the
time. Serious loss, especially to per
ishable goods, has resulted from such
delays in a ship's voyage.
2. Great Britain has regarded ab
solute and conditional contraband as
In the same .class. The general un
derstanding in international law has
been- that absolute contraband Includ
es articles Intended for use by a bel
ligerent force and directly destined to
it. Conditional contraband, including
foodstuffs', comprises articles suspect
ible ,for use.by an army or navy, but it
must'be proven thp.t these products
are destined for armed forces.
3. Irrespective of the controversy
over what constitutes absolute or con
ditional contraband In -commerce be
tween a neutral and a belligerent
country, the, note Bets forth that In
respect to commerce between two neu
tral countries, there ought to be no
question of contraband at all, for the
relations are those of peace and not
of war. Since the clvjll war the
United States has upheld the doctrino
of "continuous voyage." which per
mitted seizure of a cargo even In Its
Journesy between neutral portB, pro
vidded eventual!v it was destined for
a belligerent. The American note,
however, takes the position that proof
of such hostile destination must, be
shown at time of. seizure..
4. The American government con
tends that a consignment sent to no
specific consign?e, known as' "to or
der shipment. '.Is not of itself suspic
ious! It 'claims that this may bo an
Important circumstance in proving a
cas?, but is of ho inherent value un
less other facts, are adduced, also'at
th? time Of. detention -!or' seizure.
NEWS EB?M THE ^EON'T '
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHSj
(CONTINUED. PROM M?AOE ONE!)
conditions and In mud for which Po-]
land is notorious. .
The third German -advance vm,,War
saw has been definitely' checked.. ac
cording to the; view of tho military alt
uatioa in Poland held by the officials
at Petrograd. In that territory. the
Germans, who have been fighting
fiercely for weeks past, have suffered
great loses and they have failed to
break through the Russian line, which
has been greatly reinforced before the !
Polish capital.
The failure of the Austrian advance
through the ' Carpathians is said to
have bad a serious effect on the Aus
tro-German campaign in the east.
There'has been a lull of late in the!
fighting on $e left bank of the Vis
tula, except at isolated points where
the Russians apparently have succeed
ed in maintaining their positions.
s Vienna claims vto have brought tho I
Russian advance in the Carpathians
to a standstill, but the , Russian gon-|
eral staff records an important suc
cess near Llsko and the repulse of the I
Austro counter attacks at Uzsok Pass,
as well as sorties by the garrison at
Prxemysl. ' "
In the west th?,fighting Is ot a na
ture that/permits of only small ad
vances''on either side. Tho most im
portant ncrW? condevnlng the war
fare in France .comes in a report from I
Dover' that a squadron of seven aero
planes dropped bombs Wednesday on j
Dunkirk.
It Is expected in London that the
British government will require sev
eral days to consider fully''the repre
sentations made in tho American gov- |
ernment's note - with- regard to the ;
searching of American -vessels by
British karships, before replying to,
them. The cabinet already has given!
the protest a preliminary reading, j
Public reeling in Great Britain seem
ingly inclines to tho belief that the |
difficulty will be smoothed over ami
cably.
The first shipment of cotton from
th? United States bound for Germany 1
since th? war began has reached Rot- j
terdam. The American' steamer trans
porting it was held up in the Engllha
Channel foi* an examination of her,,
papers by. British warships, causing a
24-hour delay.
Tho Japanese foreign offlco denies
reports that- Japanese troops have
landed at-Vladivostok or at any other
place on the way to Europe.
) A report fern Frisdrlchshaven by
way of Ooncva Baye that in tho recent
British /aerial raid in Cuxhaven one
of the latest super-Zeppelins was de
stroyed by bombs.
The Belgian borders will bo closed
by the German admlufstrr-tion be
ginning January. I to all passons ex
cept Jiose holding special mUJi?*v pas
ses. This measure, it is understood,
has been takoa to prevent espionage.
Tho British government's war in
surance on cargoes has been decrees*
eft- one-thtrd.
?
KNEW GOD I
HER TOT
CHILDLIKE FAITH OF MOTH
ER OF FAMILY IN DIS
TRESS RELATED BY A
VISITOR
CLOTHING ASKED
FOR SUFFERING
- i
Some Families ?* Poverty Need
Food, Some Nourishment For
Sick But All Need Cloth
ing.
(From Wednesday's Daily.)
"I knew God has sent you here." |
It was with theso word.i that the
mother of a family In distress, who
the day before Christmas Eve had dl
vided between them the last morsel
of food in the house, greeted a Chris
tian woman of this city when she en- i
tered the home of poverty last Th?rs-1
day with nourishment for the sick and
hungry, clothing for the cold and rag
ged aad a few delicacies for those of
the family who lie wasting away of
disease.
In telling yesterday of the simple
faith of this poor woman and her ear
nest conviction that God had sent
her to that house of desolation. thlB
Christian lady'spoke feolingly of the
happiness which porvaded other pov
erty stricken homes when some little
necessity, tike that of food, clothing
or fuel, was carried thero-as a result
of contributions made to this cause
through The Intelligencer. Dut this
happiness can not last long, she stat
ed, for tho relief given theBe people
is only temporary and already Borna
of them are facing aclui! waat again.
Need Old nothing.
With tho exception of one family,
the six or* seven reported in distress
several days ago have food caougn to
last them for a few days longer. Hut
practically every family mentioned
somo days ago as being in distress is
in need of clothing.
The major portion of the monoy
turned over to The Intelligencer for
this work was expended for fu?/ and
food for the poor families. As theee
wants have been supplied, the good
women who are looking after tho com
fort of tho people" are now turning
their attention to clothing those who
are without sufficient covering for
their bodies. Tho cast off clothing:of
men, women und children of the city
will bo glady received by the commit
tee, and contributions of that nature
may bo left at Thd Intelligencer office.
Clothlng-Por THesA
There is one family of six where
food is needed . immediately. One j
mctnber. of. the.fa^Uyv.a. girl, is ex
tremely; tow*'.^Jth pellagra, while &
second member of7 tue family is also'
111/ lSuch' articles as fldur, coffee, su
gar, " shortening, meat, ' etc., Will be
very acceptable. Person wishing to
contribute groceries or money with
which to purchase them for this fam
ily/ may leave" their contributions, at
Tho Intelligencer office,
j Tho committee has : under Its'care
a little girl of sonie 10 years of ago,
who is In.need of shoes and u cloak of
some" description. The little chap has
had to go through tho .severe weather
to school without "covering for her
(eot and without a'coat or any other
protection of a heavy nature for . her
body. Anything that would bo suit
able for a girl of her age will be
gladly received, and may be left at
this office.
There are two little boys, aged 9
and 10. who are without shoes and
sufficient clothing. Any articles of
this nature may be left, at this office
and the committee will see that they
ite properly distributed.
A Pitiable Case.
A pltlablf case'of an old-man who
Is living w' h his daughter-and bor
two children and \ who has been
thrown nut of work has come to the
attention of the committee of ladles.
The daughter is down with consump
tion arid the* old man himself ' sick, be
sides being out of a job. Contribu
tions of any kind that will help keep
this i unity gbfKg* for a while will be
gladly received.
For the Convalescent.
In another family,' the' committee
reports, there are two children recov
ering from typhoid fever. One of tho
boys is able io be up, but the other
haa not yet left his bed. Both are.
without food that those convalescent
should have. : Any person who would
like to send soup or, some other deli
cacy to theBe children may call The
Intelligencer and some arrangements
will be made by this office tor getting
tho food to these little fellows. ;
BANDIT GOT
Hakes Clean Getaway With Honey
From Oklahoma Town.
! CARNEY, Okla.. Dec. 29.?Two un
masked men late today robbed Ute
Carney State Bank here of approxi
mately $2,000 and escaped after forc
ing two bank officials and three oth
nr men, who^wero in the building at
the time'to accompany them to the
cratskirts of Carney. :
THBEE KIIXED 15 WRECK.
Train Bolls . Down Knbankment?
Third. Man Is tTnldentlSed.
MEMPHIS. Tenn? TDoc 29.?Throe
me'i .two of whom were identified as
W. P. Goodman, New Decatur, Ale.,
arid j. T. Mah?ny of ?ary, Ind., were
killed here late today when four cars
of a Yazoo and Mississippi. Valley
freight train were derailed and tum
bled over, an, embankment The iden
tity of the'third man haa not been es
tablished. The accident is attributed
to the breaking -of .a coupling.
HAT HOUSE
OOoOOOOOOOOUOOOOOOO
o 0
o MODE PAKDONS o
o-<- o
o (Hy Associated PresB.) o
o COLUMBIA. Dec. 28.?Forty- o
o four state prisoners, including ten o
o Bcrving life sentences for murder, o
o were granted clemency today by o
o Governor Blease, mnking the total o
o number liberated by him in the
o last four years, 1,488. One of the o
o life-term prisoners was pardoned o
o and the other nine paroled. Twen- o
o ty-thrce of tho prisoners in all o
o were serviug sentences for homl- o
o cides. o
o One of the paroled men, Charles o
o O'Day, alias Charley CroBs, was o
o released on condition that he bo o
o rearrested by federal officers on o
vj the charge of robbing the Gordon- o
o ville, Va., postoffico several years o
o ago. O'Duy was arraigned before o
o a United States commissioner late o
o today and held tor a preliminary o
o hearing. o
o O'Day was Berving a sentence o
o for 15 years gor. robbery. Ho was o
o convicted in 1905, together with o
o John Fisher, who escaped from o
o the State penitentiary here a year o
o ago. o
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LoveReunited
Young Bridegroom Who Wae
Jailed Monday Was Freed
Yesterday.
(From Wednesday's Daily).
Heads that wear crowns are not tho
only ones that lay. uneasy through
out Monday night. If the word of a
young bridegroom of less than 24
hours and that of a father-in-law
whoso wrath had caused the husband
of his daughter to languish in jail all
night Sb ic be taken at its face value.
Ero the murky day was 10 hours old
yesterday, A. T. Thomason', esteem-:
ed resident of the Anderson Cotton I
Mills village and an employee of the '
Brogon Mills, and the man who had
had young Anderson Spearman put in
jail as k result of the latter eloping
! with tho former's 15-ycar-old daugh
ter Monday, camo up town and went
to talk things o\tar with his son-in
law, who bad spent the night in Jail.
After a long talk about matters, the
father-in-law decided that ho would
have the warrant against bis son-in
law, which charged him. with false
I swearing as to. tho bride's age, with
drawn. -The father-in-law thon went
before tho magistrate and paid the
; costs of'the action, after which the
bridegroom was allowed-to return to
I his love. . ,_
The father of the young bride testi
fied that he had hot spent a peaceful
night, and that the bridegroom dit
not rest calmly Is attested by officials
of tho Jail. From the former's con
versation, one would gather that tho
young bride made things lively about
the home Monday .night. Far Into the
night it is reported, tho mother-in
law, who had been much perturbed
over her daughter's clopmont, gave in
and immediately began to besoech the
father to havo mercy upon tho young
husband of their young daughter and
get him out of Jail.
FOOTBALL RULES
ARE UNCHANGED
[In All Probability Same Roles
Will Bo Used As in
1914.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.?There Is little
likelihood of any important change In
the footllill rules for next season, ac
cording to indications today at tho
ninth annual convention of the Colle
giate Athletic Association. The foot
ball committee's report, presented by
Dr. H. L. Williams, of Minnesota,
suggested no material alterations and
many of the college athletic authori
ties predicted that when the "rules
committee meets next Friday the 1914
rules will be readopted practically un
changed.
ANOTHER SUICIDE.
I Xo Cause Found* as to Why Canadian
Physician Should End Life, .
LONDON. Dec. 29,?'(9:12 p. m.) ?
A verdict of suicide was returned to
night by a coroner'*; jury that investi
gated the death of a man. said to be
Ralph K. Danfortb, a medical prac
titioner of Milwaukee, ar.d a member
of the Canadian contingent. '
According to the testimony the man
was found dead in l;ls room in a hotel
with a wound in his throat which
evidently had been self inflicted. A
photograph of ? woman was in ' the
man's lap. No evidence was adduced
to show why he committed suicide. |
GLEASON RELEASED.
Flayer Badly Wanted by Federals
Last Season Gets Belease. '
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.?William "Kid"'
Gleason, for three years adviser to
James Callahan, former manager of
tho Chicago American League club,
was unconditionally released today by
Clarence Rowland, Callahan's succes
ses/ Last winter .Gleasod. it is said
was Sought by the Federals as mana
ger of the Baltimore team but he re
fused, to sign.
NEW YORK, Dec 29.?Cotton goods
market were quiet and steady today.
Yarns Were quiet. Export trade was
quiet with prices very drm. - Laces
and embroideries were dull.
A p?aino for New Year's is just as appropriate; and will prove
as acceptable as one given for Christinas.
We have them for sale for Cash or on Terms to Suit; and our
prices Are Right. We liOUGMT our pianos OUTRIGHT arid can
undersell all competition.
The Patterson Music House
M. N. PATTERSON, Mgr. 130 West Benson St
_, _ _ _ _ .... .
ANOTHER AGGOUNT OF
THE FAIR PLAY RIOT
Slightly Different Version of Af
fair Given in Richtend
Story.
Accounts of the rccont ruco trouble
at Fair Play, in Oconeo County, being
in order, a otory from Itlchlund to the
Columbia State, which give a some
what .different Version of tho affair, isi
reprinted below. It is as follows: |
Julius Marrott, tho man who was
stabbed at Fair Play three weeks ago,
is rapidly improving now and is ro
ported to bo practically out of dan
ger. It will bo remembered that Mr.
Marrctt is a merchant at Fair Play,
and that a negro, Byrd, was wanted
for some offenso in Georgia. Ho was
located near Fair Play. An officer
from Georgia came for him, but fear
ing the negro would recognize him and '
got away he sent Mr. Marrott with tho
warrant. He entered, .the nogro'a
house Und wh(lo reading tho warrant
the negro stabbed him with a butcher
knife, took his pistol away from him
and fled. Tho knife struck Mr. Mar
rott Just below the heart and split oho <
rib and punctured ono Jung. For i
some daya tbero seemed to be little'
hope for bis recovery. . Some half doz
en doctorS/wore summoned and final
ly the split rib was taken out and ho
has been, improving ever since. Tho
negro was captured near Tulluluh
Falls and la now in Jail in Georgia. |
Ten days ago a negro named'
Sprigbt was found, making preparation
to burn a home about seven miles
southeast of Fair Play (Oconeo), In
Anderson County, and on Sunday
morning, December 13, Wo od row
Campbell and John McDonald came to
Fair Play with tho negro Tom Sprlght
tied In an automobile and two other
negroes with thorn. Magistrate Mc
Cluro of Fair P!?;y Joined them. They '
made for the Georgia side to havo tho
other two negroes whip* Tom Sprlght.1
Near Knox'e bridge they met two sons
of Green Gibson, a negro, and some
words passed not satisfactory to the
posse, so they seized one of tho boys
and tied him and put him in the auto
mobile und crossed the river, entering
a vacant house near 1 the public road
and began whipping : Sprlght and the
Gibson negro. The other son of
Green Gibson ran homo for his father.
Thoy came to' the whipping "with their
shot Run s and at once shots were ex- |
changed in rapid succession. Just at j
this point Paul Marrett was passing!
along the public road on his' way to
Georgia. Some -one - hailed hint He'.,
was In a top buggy, with curtain's up;,
He stuck his head around the curtain
to see what was going on just in lime
to receive several slaps on hand and
face. Ho happened to bo armed and
Jumped from bis buggy and began
firing with his pistol. After the tiring i
ceased one Gibson boy was - found in ;
a dying condition and died In a short
time Sprigbt was badly.beaten with
buggy traces, but was found and car
ried to Hartwoll Jail and Is there now.,
Campbell, McDcmsld and. Magistrate
McClure all received, varying amounts
of small shot. Green Gibson and his
other son took cover under the urldgo
during the skirmish and retreated in
good order. '.Green Gibson, the- old
negro, ran to'his landlord, Allen Bar
rett, near Fair Play,-and askea for
advice and : protection, r Maixett _ ad-_
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vlBcd him to take to the heavy tim
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and stay there until .things copied*.
down, lie mudo for the woods and
got safely through the .firstfor??t,
hut had to eroBB the public' road" to
get Into tho dense forest. As he cross
ed the road one of the pursuing.party
naw him at a distance and put a ride
ball through him and ho foil in the
road and lay there for aomo 24 hour.".
A number of shots were fired Into lils
body. Later another negro, whoso
nnmo Is not known, made some threats,
and tho posse mado .for .him, but .he
reached his mule and by good strategy,
and all haste got a half hour'Start or.
tho pursuers, and ho has not been
heard of since. It Is thought he mado
good his escape.
Since the shove article waB written
Tom Spighta has died in the Hartwoil
Jail of injuries sustained when, be was '
whipped.
BIG OIL WAGON BLOWK
driver r. g.< campbell
very narrow
" escap*:;-:
< From Wednesday's -#ai
R. C. Campbell, the lO-yeuf ofli
or of one of. th? . Standard Iii
pahy's largo wagons; ha? * P61?-,
cacape from serious injttrfes, it not
death, rely yesterday-mbn?ng w?ro^.
his Wi'ijon turned over ntar Sandy s
Springs.
Mr. Campbell left Anderson . for
Pendleton about dawn, driving 'fiVO
muten tu u wagon load pf oil ?H^H
was to have boon delivered to cub- .
tomers at Pendleton. Shortly rafter. 0
o'clock, as ho wob driving ovetf? long,
steep hill near Sandy Sprl^gjJfetM.?'
mules stalled. It was w?i!e ?g9BB
bell was endoavoiing to Kc??*ta#ed/.v
; again that a wind storm s\vcpi duy*w
[ on the wagon. .
Tho force of the wind C#Ufeed;th9:
heavily loaded wagon -to
; middle of tho road .tows
I on tho Blido. ! V
, As tho wag?? i'iiuu?
ditch Mr. Campball - was
; lent'.y to tho ground, his
I striking'first and being painfully but
not Hcrlously injured.
I. No sooner had Mr. Campbell struck :
the ground than ho leaped' tip and; *v
cut the carnosB from tho mutes',';-iWf:
order that they might be./reed from,;
' the wreck. The mules got out of tho..'
I tangle wltnout sustalning. injuries':;.)
of any consequence.
I Mr. <-amphc 11 carried bin-Il vo m?tes'-'1
.to a nearby farm house where'he'
placed them In a stable for the d?at?jyf
He then went to the railway . 8ta*-vi'-".
1 tion and came back to Anderson on,
on? of tho early morning tra?ne, :foi';P
the' purpose of making arrangement's
for getting tr a wagon' and other inw :'
terlal out of the ditch yesterday at^,
ternoon.
NOBLE MAN DEAD.
NiT.
Father of the "Safety First" Move.
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GR?ENSBURG, Pa. Dec ijf?
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1896, died hero tonight" fto entered,
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clerk In 1870. Mr.' Liynch'a company
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